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Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more read more
Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
