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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.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
Folly growes without watering.
Folly growes without watering.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
