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Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
Prevention is better than cure.
Prevention is better than cure.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
