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If thou touchest pitch thou shalt be defiled.

Pray as though no work could help, and work as though no prayer could help.

Whatever kind of word thou speakest, the like shalt thou bear.

Home, dear home, small as thou art, to me thou art a palace.

I do not tell thee what thou art, thou wilt tell it thyself.

Good king wenceslas:

Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay around about,
Deep and crisp and even;

Brightly shone the moon that night,
Though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight,...

If you starve for three days, there is no thought that does not invade your imagination.

O come, O come, Emanuel

O come, O come, Emanuel, and ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here, until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice, rejoice! Emanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own...

Sleeping prayer

I am placing my soul and my body
On Thy sanctuary this night, O God,
On Thy sanctuary, O Jesus Christ,
On Thy sanctuary, O Spirit of perfect truth,
The Three who would defend my cause,
Nor turn Their backs upon me....

Ave Maria

Ave Maria! Ave Maria! maiden mild!
Listen to a maiden's prayer!
Thou canst hear though from the wild,
Thou canst save amid despair.
Safe may we sleep beneath thy care,
Though banish'd, outcast and reviled
Maiden! hear a...

All my Heart this Night Rejoices

All my heart this night rejoices,
As I hear, far and near, sweetest angel voices;
"Christ is born, " their choirs are singing,
Till the air, everywhere, now their joy is ringing.

Forth today the...

Coventry Carol

Lullay, Thou little tiny Child,
By, by, lully, lullay.
Lullay, Thou little tiny Child.
By, by, lully, lullay.

O sisters, too, how may we do,
For to preserve this day;
This poor Youngling for whom we sing,
By, by,...

Glory be to God on High

Glory be to God on high,
God Whose glory fills the skies;
Peace on earth to man forgiv n,
Man, the well beloved of Heav n.

Sovereign Father, heavenly King,
Thee we now presume to sing;
Glad, Thine attributes...

God from on High hath heard

God from on high hath heard;
Let sighs and sorrows cease;
Lo! from the opening Heav n descends
To man the promised Peace.

Hark! through the silent night
Angelic voices swell;
Their joyful songs proclaim...

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt

A mother and daughter fought, and fool thought they meant it.

The very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and my chains fell off.

As the wound inflames the finger, so thought inflames the mind.

As we didn't say a word, he thought he could do anything he liked

Since we didn't say anything, he thought he could do whatever he wanted to.