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How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
