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At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
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.
Feares are divided in the midst.
Feares are divided in the midst.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
With but a plank between them and their fate.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
