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I loved a lass, a fair one,
As fair as e'er was seen;
She was indeed a rare one,
Another Sheba queen:
But, fool as then I was,
I thought she loved me too:
But now, alas! she's left me,
Falero, lero, loo!

— George Wither I Loved a Lass; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

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And he that gives us in these days
New Lords may give us new laws.

Though I am young, I scorn to flit
On the wings of borrowed wit.

Hang sorrow! care will kill a cat,
And therefore let ’s be merry.

And I oft have heard defended,—
Little said is soonest mended.

Jack shall pipe, and Jill shall dance.

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