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He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
