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Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my read more
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which
I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them:
Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath
the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.