Mariana in the moated grange.

Mariana in the moated grange.

Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.

Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.

For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.

For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.

A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.

The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.

The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.

The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.

Many a smale maketh a grate.

Many a smale maketh a grate.

The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.

Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.

Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.