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“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,Before we too into the Dust descend;…”

“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,Before we too into the Dust descend;…”

“The moving hand once having writ moves on. Nor all thy piety nor wit can lure i…”

“Tis but a day we sojourn here below, And all the gain we get is grief and woe, …”