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When war is raging the laws are dumb.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
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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.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
