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For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
After supper walk a mile.
After supper walk a mile.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.
That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.