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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 strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
