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A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
The best things in life are free.
The best things in life are free.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
