Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
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Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where fortune smiles the wretched he forsakes.Edward Young
Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat defects of judgment, and the will subdue walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore of that vast ocean it must sail so soon.
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Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt, And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.
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Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.
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And all may do what has by man been done.
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For her own breakfast she'll project a scheme, Nor take her tea without a stratagem.
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