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A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
