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It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
