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'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.
