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The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
