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A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
