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At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable read more
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.