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Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
After the house is finisht, leave it.
After the house is finisht, leave it.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
