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To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
Anything for a quiet life.
Anything for a quiet life.
Still harping on my daughter.
Still harping on my daughter.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
