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Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
 At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
 'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
  All Nature's read more 
 At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
 'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
  All Nature's children feel the matin spring
   Of life reviving, with reviving day. 
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
 It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
 [Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]  
 It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
 [Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.] 
 Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with 
thoughts.  
 Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with 
thoughts.