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Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
