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A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.