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Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
Every man has his price.
Every man has his price.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow read more
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
