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One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.
From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
