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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find read more
Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find relief,
Whose joys are chastened by their grief.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
Go West, young man! Go West.
Go West, young man! Go West.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
In time comes he whom God sends.
In time comes he whom God sends.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.