Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.

An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]

An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
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One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.

At the games end we shall see who gaines.

At the games end we shall see who gaines.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.

The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.

The March sunne raises but dissolves not.

The March sunne raises but dissolves not.

Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.

A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.