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It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
A little labour, much health.
A little labour, much health.
