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O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
