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At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
What mare's nest hast thou found?
What mare's nest hast thou found?
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
