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Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
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.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
