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A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
