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With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
