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He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
