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I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
 Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself 
with the affairs of others.  
 Having no business of his own to attend to, he busies himself 
with the affairs of others. 
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
 The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
 The more the fish, the worse the catch.  
 The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
 The more the fish, the worse the catch. 
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.