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Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
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Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years
after.]
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
