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O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
You shall never want rope enough.
You shall never want rope enough.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.