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Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
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At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
Every animal loves itself.
Every animal loves itself.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.