Maxioms by John Taylor "the Water Poet"
And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
