Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.

The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.

The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.