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An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
One foote is better then two crutches.
One foote is better then two crutches.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
The river past, and God forgotten.
The river past, and God forgotten.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
