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this_o change_n do_v undergo_v which_o the_o inver_v order_n of_o the_o year_n do_v show_v not_o always_o do_v with_o drop_a shewre_n the_o air_n obscure_v the_o star_n but_o sometime_o it_o be_v fair_a the_o winter_n cease_v and_o the_o timely_a spring_n dry_v those_o moist_a lock_n which_o you_o before_o may_v wring_v it_o than_o give_v place_n to_o summer_n on_o who_o heel_n autumn_n do_v tread_v and_o then_o soon_o after_o feel_v the_o hoary_a winter_n uncontrolled_a power_n in_o many'a_o cold_a blast_n and_o tempestuous_a shower_n propertius_n lib._n 2._o eleg._n 9_o omnia_fw-la vertuntur_fw-la ceriè_fw-la vertuntur_fw-la amores_fw-la vinceris_fw-la aut_fw-la vincis_fw-la hac_fw-la in_o amore_fw-la rota_fw-la est_fw-la magni_fw-la saepe_fw-la deuce_n etc._n etc._n all_o thing_n be_v wheel_v and_o turn_v about_o and_o so_o it_o be_v in_o love_n no_o doubt_n thou_o victor_n or_o else_o vanquish_a art_n no_o love_n but_o in_o this_o change_n have_v part_n great_a duke_n have_v fall_v 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