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The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Stay a little and news will find you.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
