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In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
A small heart hath small desires.
A small heart hath small desires.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
Stir up the hornets.
[Fr., Irriter les freslons.]
Stir up the hornets.
[Fr., Irriter les freslons.]
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
