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Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, read more
Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,
Where peace and hospitality might reign.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.