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The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.