ONE THOUSAND FAMOUS THINGS
The Miser
A MISER'S mind thou hast,
Thou hast a prince's pelf:
Which makes thce wealthy to thine heir,
A beggar to thyself.
Written in the Sixteenth Century
by George Turberville
A Chant from Old 8arum
r~^ OD be in my head
\JT And in my understanding ;
God be in my eyes
And in my looking ;
God be in my mouth,
And in my speaking;
God be in my heart,
And in my thinking ;
God be at mine end,
And at my departing,
Sung by the monks of
Old Sarum 700 years ago
The Last Pride of All
WITH thee were the dreams of my earliest love ;
Every thought of my reason was thine :
In my last humble prayer to the Spirit above
Thy name shall be mingled with mine !
O ! blest are the lovers and friends who shall live
The days of thy glory to see ;
But the next dearest blessing that Heaven can give
Is the pride of thus dying for thee, Tkorhas Moore
The Wit of David Garrick
FOB, physic and farces his equal there scarce is :
His farces are physic, his physic a farce is.
HEKE lies Nolly Goldsmith, for shortness called Noll,
Who wrote like an angel but talked like poor PolL
Safety Last
npnouQH Love repine and Reason chafe,
X There came a voice without reply :
Tis man's perdition to be safe*
When for the truth he ought to die.
Emerson