Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye, And where care lodges, sl…

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Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. ✨ William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson (1824). The Plays, p.37
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Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. ✨ William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson (1824). The Plays, p.37

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