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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
The spirits run riot in youth.
The spirits run riot in youth.