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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.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.