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A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
Give loosers leave to talke.
Give loosers leave to talke.
