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Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
Mix with your grave designs a little pleasure;
Each day of business has its hour of leisure.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
