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Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him read more
He that will learne to pray, let him goe to Sea.
[He that will learn to pray, let him go to Sea.]
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
