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The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
The love of money grows as money grows.
The love of money grows as money grows.
