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Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
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The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.