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We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
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.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
