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I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
