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He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.
Round, round, while thus we go round,
The best thing a man can do,
Is to make read more
Round, round, while thus we go round,
The best thing a man can do,
Is to make it at least, a merry-go-round,
By--sending the wine round too.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.