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When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
