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He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
