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Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
 Round, round, while thus we go round,
 The best thing a man can do,
  Is to make read more 
 Round, round, while thus we go round,
 The best thing a man can do,
  Is to make it at least, a merry-go-round,
   By--sending the wine round too. 
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
 One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
 So fast they follow.  
 One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
 So fast they follow. 
 We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh 
till your hearts ake.  
 We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh 
till your hearts ake. 
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
 I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
 [I wept when I was born and every read more 
 I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
 [I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]