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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.
