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Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are
great they make them mad.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
