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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
