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Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
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.
