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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
He that goes softly goes safely.
He that goes softly goes safely.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
