Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most read more

The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and
that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.

Good things soon find a purchaser.

Good things soon find a purchaser.

Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.

Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.

It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.