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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more
Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
There was not a greater gourmand living.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His read more
His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
