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The early bird catches the worm and the twelve-year-old prostitute attracts the ambassador.
Neglect not the dawn-meditation!
The first plovers' eggs fetch the highest prices; the flower of virginity is esteemed by the pandar.
Neglect not the dawn-meditation!
Early to bed and early to rise
Makes a man healthy and wealthy and wise:
But late to watch and early to pray
Brings him across The Abyss, they say.
Neglect not the dawn-meditation!
COMMENTARY (ΜΗ)
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NOTE
[1] The môme raths outgrabe" — Lewis Carroll.
But "môme" is Parisian slang for a young girl, and "rathe" O.E. for early. "The rathe primrose" — Milton.