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Modesty should accompany youth.
Modesty should accompany youth.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.
