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What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.