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Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
