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A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
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.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
There is room left also for several to bring their friends.
There is room left also for several to bring their friends.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
