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Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
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Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.