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Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
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Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
What's the use to anticipate sorrow?
Life's troubles come never too late.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.