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688. THE LAST STROKE STRIKES SURE.
Though by well warding many blows we've pass'd,
That stroke most fear'd is which is struck the last.
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689. FORTUNE.
Fortune's a blind profuser of her own,
Too much she gives to some, enough to none.
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690. STOOL-BALL.
At stool-ball, Lucia, let us play
For sugar-cakes and wine:
Or for a tansy let us pay,
The loss, or thine, or mine.
If thou, my dear, a winner be
At trundling of the ball,
The wager thou shall have, and me,
And my misfortunes all.
But if, my sweetest, I shall get,
Then I desire but this:
That likewise I may pay the bet
And have for all a kiss.
Stool-ball, a game of ball played by girls.
Tansy, a cake made of eggs, cream, and herbs.
