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Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
