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What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
