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The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great
profit.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
