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The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.