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He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
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.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.