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Longer than I have time to tell his years!
Ever belov'd and loving may his rule be!"

Henry VIII. II. 1.

GENIAL Prince, in passing years mature,

One with the ever-changing time,

Taught by experience that no cry is sure,
Opinion varying as our fickle clime.

Grant he may steadfast hold the faith unshaken,
That truth and honour best become a king,
If he have erred, confess himself mistaken,
And ne'er descend to do a shabby thing.

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November 10.

"Unheedful vows may heedfully be broken,
And he wants wit that wants resolvéd will,

To learn his wit, to exchange the bad for better."

Two Gentlemen of Verona, II. 6.

OOK before you leap, is a motto good and

cheap,

To be remembered while you live.

Before you promise, think, whilst yet upon the brink,

And regret not what you give.

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COMMON suffering is a common sorrow, And mourned in common by two weary souls;

Yet hope survives that on some happy morrow That hand will help them which the world controls.

November 12.

"Since the affairs of men rest still uncertain,
Let's reason with the worst that may befall."

Julius Cæsar, V. 1.

EEN the incertitude of human things

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When summer sunshine fades, and love finds wings,

When well-thought plans in execution fail,

And dear life vanishes in grief's loud wail,

Then with bowed head right humbly we confess,

In age the world is reft of loveliness.

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"I cannot sing; I'll weep and word it with thee."

Cymbeline, IV. 2.

CANNOT sing, fierce passion breaks my voice,

And finds its outlet in heart-broken sobs;

To think that he of all men was my choice,

And now stands perjured there before his Gods.

November 14.

"Therefore, since brevity's the soul of wit,

And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief."

Hamlet, II. 2.

PEAK to the matter, plainly, curtly speak,

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Beware with tropes and similes to seek Your listener's applause.

Attention flags, the vital point is lost,

Strive to regain it at whatever cost,

Or you have lost your cause.

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""Tis death to me to be at enmity;

I hate it, and desire all good men's love."

Richard III. II. 1.

EPROVE the sin, but burthen not the sinner

With the full weight of your displeasure :

Pity him rather, lest within your inner

Self arise the question: whether,

Like unto him of feeble mind and body,
Your will would have resisted wholly.

Seek not the poor applause of every passer-by,
Lend not and owe not aught to man alive,

For loans and debts are wasps within the hive.

"Press not a falling man too far.”

Henry VIII. III. 2.

EVENGE is ever hateful, still 'tis well
To see the evil thing shall bear a bell,
That others may be warned;

The luring, covert nature of the sin,
May else find harbour quiet hearts within,
And kindly souls be harmed.

November 18.

"All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players."

As You Like It, II. 7.

"HE world's a stage, but still 'tis all we know,

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Our parts are very real,

Comprising all we have of happiness or woe,
All the affections feel.

And when our part is ended, what remains?
The dim-lit streets, the darksome night,
Or joys untold to recompense our pains,
Or simple rest from fight?