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Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.