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I saw them go; one horse was blind, The tails of both hung down behind, Their shoes were on their feet. Horace and James Smith's Rejected Addresses. The Baby's Début Villain, a horse-Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly, To swim the river, villain, and to fly.— filed under Animals-Horse
If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the earth would have been changed. PASCAL Thoughts. Ch. VIII. 29. My merry, merry, merry roundelay Concludes with Cupid's curse, They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse!— filed under Change
Road. Honour, the spur that pricks the princely mind, To follow rule and climb the stately chair.— filed under Honor
What thing is love?-for (well I wot) love is a thing. It is a prick, it is a sting, It is a pretty, pretty thing; It is a fire, it is a coal, Whose flame creeps in at every hole!— filed under Love
His golden locks Time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! Oswiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.— filed under Time
Road. His helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lover's sonnets turn'd to holy psalms; A man at arms must now serve on his knees, And feed on prayers, which are his age's alms.— filed under Peace