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Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
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.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.
He that will do thee a good turne, either he will be gon or dye.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
