Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.

Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.

We get blows and return them.

We get blows and return them.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.

An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.

An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.

Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.

Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.

I shudder when relating it.

I shudder when relating it.

But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.

But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.

Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.

Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.