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Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely read more
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and
passion.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.