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It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
But shepherds know
How hot the mid-day sun shall glow
From the mist of morning sky.
But shepherds know
How hot the mid-day sun shall glow
From the mist of morning sky.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
