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Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Stay a little and news will find you.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
