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Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
