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Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.