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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
George Peele. (1558?–1597?)
 
 
1
    His golden locks time hath to silver turned;
  O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth ’gainst time and age hath ever spurned,
  But spurned in vain; youth waneth by encreasing.
          Sonnet. Polyhymnia.
2
    His helmet now shall make a hive for bees,
  And lovers’ songs be turned to holy psalms;
A man-at-arms must now serve on his knees,
  And feed on prayers, which are old age’s alms.
          Sonnet. Polyhymnia.
3
    My merry, merry, merry roundelay
  Concludes with Cupid’s curse:
They that do change old love for new,
  Pray gods, they change for worse!
          Cupid’s Curse.
 

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