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One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
The shadow of a mighty name.
The shadow of a mighty name.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
