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The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
A cup concealed in the dress is rarely honestly carried.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
