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Anything for a quiet life.
Anything for a quiet life.
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free,"
"I am free."
Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free,"
"I am free."
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
