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For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
