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 Bring in great logs and let them lie
 To make a solid core of heat.  
 Bring in great logs and let them lie
 To make a solid core of heat. 
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
 He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he 
might take the current sideways.  
 He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he 
might take the current sideways. 
 The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
 To paly ashes.  
 The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
 To paly ashes. 
 Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these 
thresholds, within which youth dwells.  
 Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these 
thresholds, within which youth dwells. 
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.