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One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.
Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.