Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

Frugality is one thing, avarice another.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.

Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

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.

He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.

He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.

But civlyzation doos git forrid
Sometimes upon a powder-cart.