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In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude:
Thy read more
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude:
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
