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The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
Every man has his price.
Every man has his price.
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.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
