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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
