Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.

Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.

Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by
praise.

Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by
praise.

Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.

Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.

The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

The Mr. absent, and the house dead.

The Mr. absent, and the house dead.

And in the morn and liquid dew of youth,
Contagious blastments are are most imminent.

And in the morn and liquid dew of youth,
Contagious blastments are are most imminent.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.

Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.