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Coming events cast their shadows before.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
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.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate read more
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.