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A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.