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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
