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Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
Good words quench more then a bucket of water.
Good words quench more then a bucket of water.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Without businesse debauchery.
Without businesse debauchery.
Check disease in its approach.
Check disease in its approach.