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Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
There's always a shot in the locker.
There's always a shot in the locker.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
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.