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Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
One hand washeth another, and both the face.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
