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With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He is most powerful who governs himself.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
