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An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
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 Catt sees not the mouse ever.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil read more
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil in.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
