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How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.