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Shun delays, they breed remorse ; 
Take thy time while time is lent thee. 
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Sober speed is wisdom’s leisure, 
After wits are dearly bought, 
Let thy fore wit guide thy — 
Robert Southwell, Esq. 
Then, es = thou rid st ie fly, 
I pray thee hou lov 
East, west, pe I care gi «whither, 
So thou.a Pt OBO oo eyes = ew ee oe ve Moore. 
Be wise to-day ; ’tis maciness to defer 
Young’ s s Night Thoughts. 
Defer no time, delays have dangert ds... . Shaks. 
PEONY. Anger. A Frown. If she do frown, ’tis not in hate of you— 
But rather to beget more love in you 
PONIA. If she do chide, ’tis not to have you gone— 
: ) % = % 
Take no repulse, whatever she doth say 
For get-you-gone, she doth not mean away... .. Shaks. 
PEPPER PLANT. Satire. If I should speak, she’d mock me into air! .... Shaks. 
—— Ay curl that cherub lip in scorn, 
And give to wit the rein, 
And barb that tongue with sarcasm ! 
New-York Mirror. 
Yet, ah, methinks it were more kind, 
More fraught with woman’s feeling mind, 
To hide — ex 
From one, who even no 
More than life’s brittle Chen would kd 
Ere thou should’s & pang... ds. . - Same. 
O, why rebuke you him, that loves you so? 
Lay breath so bitter, on your bitter foe...... . Shaks. 
ANSWER. 
‘‘Be it mine to soothe the pain 
Thus pressing on thy heart and brain !”’ 
O, many a shaft at random sent, 
Finds mark the archer never meant, 
And many a word, at random spoke, 
May soothe, or wound, the heart amet broke. 
Scott wlan of the Isle. 
