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Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
