A Lame Beggar
I am unable, yonder beggar cries,
To stand, or move; if he say true, he lies.
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Ralphius
Compassion in the world again is bred ;
Ralphius is sick, the broker keeps his bed.
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Niobe
By children's births, and death, I am become
So dry, that I am now mine own sad tomb.
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Phryne
Thy flattering picture, Phryne, is like thee,
Only in this, that you both painted be.
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A Licentious Person
Thy sins and hairs may no man equal call ;
For, as thy sins increase, thy hairs do fall.
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Antiquary
If in his study he hath so much care
To hang all old strange things, let his wife beware.
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Disinherited
Thy father all from thee, by his last will,
Gave to the poor ; thou hast good title still.
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Klockius
Klockius so deeply hath sworn ne'er more to come
In bawdy house, that he dares not go home.
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An Obscure Writer
Philo with twelve years' study hath been grieved
To be understood ; when will he be believed?
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Hero and Leander
Both robb'd of air, we both lie in one ground ;
Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drown'd
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