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Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.
If all fooles had babies, wee should want fuell.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.
