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Just a wee cot-the crickets chirr-love and the smiling face of her.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

One naked star has waded through
The purple shallows of the night,
And faltering as falls the dew
It drips its misty light.

To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.

The ripest peach is highest on the tree.

Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.

Long about knee-deep in June,
'Bout the time strewberries melts
On the vine.

It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead, he is just - away.

O'er folded blooms On swirls of musk, The beetle booms adown the glooms And bumps along the dusk.

He is not dead, he is just - away.