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Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Love and life are for to-day.
Love and life are for to-day.
The best things in life are free.
The best things in life are free.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?