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So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most read more
The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.
The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.
