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Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
All soils are not fertile.
All soils are not fertile.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Little wealth, little care.
Little wealth, little care.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
