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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.