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Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only read more
Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who
inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
All came from, and will goe to others.
All came from, and will goe to others.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
