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The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.
The market is the best garden.
The market is the best garden.
All that shakes falles not.
All that shakes falles not.