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Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.