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The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
