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Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!
The moon is made of a green cheese.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto
this mountain, Remove hence to read more
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto
this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove;
and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
