Maxioms by John Milton
Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!
Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!
Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.
Rather than be less
Car'd not to be at all.
Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day
First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill,
Portend read more
Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day
First heard before the shallow cuckoo's bill,
Portend success in love.
Mirth, admit me of thy crew,
To live with her, and live with thee,
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Mirth, admit me of thy crew,
To live with her, and live with thee,
In unreprov'd pleasures free.
The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced,
Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind.
The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced,
Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind.
