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I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
