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Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
