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She knows her man, and when you rant and swear,
Can draw you to her with a single hair.
The Satires of Juvenal and Persius (1693)
I am reading Jonson's verses to the memory of Shakespeare; an insolent, sparing, and invidious panegyric.
The Satires of Juvenal and Persius (1693)
Look round the habitable world: how few
Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.
The Satires of Juvenal and Persius (1693)
I well believe, thou wouldst be great as he;
For every man's a fool to that degree:
All wish the dire prerogative to kill;
Ev'n they would have the power who want the will.
The Satires of Juvenal and Persius (1693)
Indulge, and to thy genius freely give;
For not to live at ease, is not to live.
Death stalks behind thee, and each flying hour
Does some loose remnant of thy life devour.
Live, while thou liv'st; for death will make us all
A name, a nothing but an old wife's tale.
The Satires of Juvenal and Persius (1693)