Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.

Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.

'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.

'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.

With his own weapon do I stab him.

With his own weapon do I stab him.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

The whole family is packed into one trap.

The whole family is packed into one trap.

This is the reward of my folly.

This is the reward of my folly.

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.