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Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
Every one fastens where there is gaine.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
