A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.

A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

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

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

The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.

The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

Life like an empty dream flits by.

Life like an empty dream flits by.

He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.

He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.

Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.

Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.

Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.

Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.