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How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Castles are Forrests of stones.
Castles are Forrests of stones.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
