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He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
All are not merry that dance lightly.
All are not merry that dance lightly.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
