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Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
