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Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
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.
They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
