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Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you
occupied.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
