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Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
Make ducks and drakes with shillings.
To build castles in Spain.
To build castles in Spain.
As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.
As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
Needle in a bottle of hay.
Needle in a bottle of hay.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
Like his that lights a candle to the sun.
