Strange Histories, or, Songes and Sonets, of Kings, Princes, Dukes, Lordes, Ladyes, Knights, and Gentlemen Very pleasant either to be read or songe: and a most excellent warning for all estates [by Thomas Deloney] |
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In Cheap-side.
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In Cheap-side.
Life is a drop, a sparke, a span,
A bubble: yet how proude is man.
A bubble: yet how proude is man.
Life is a debt, which at that day,
The poorest hath enough to pay.
The poorest hath enough to pay.
This world's a Stage, whereon to day,
Kings and meane-men, parts do play.
Kings and meane-men, parts do play.
To morrow others take their roomes,
While they do fill vp Graues and Toomes.
While they do fill vp Graues and Toomes.
Learning liues, and Uertue shines,
When Follie begs, and ignorance pines.
When Follie begs, and ignorance pines.
To liue well, is happinesse:
To die well, is blessednesse.
To die well, is blessednesse.
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