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Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
