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One picture is worth ten thousand words.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Feares are divided in the midst.
Feares are divided in the midst.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.