Let na the plough stand to slay a mouse.

Scottish proverbs
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Plow with the oxen and seed with the cows at their own pace.

Sicilian proverbs
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We Cannot Cease (World Peace)

world peace,
we cannot cease...
miles mean nothing,

as long as, ....
doors open, eyes open,
hands and hearts

ready for the plow...
fallow ground, sacred again,
for the hopes of our children....

speak not of God
if you cant speak human!
world peace....

we cannot stop!
hands to the plow,
hearts on fire!

poem by Eric Cockrell
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Tired Light

The distance is enormous
The universe is vast
I am the light
I travel fast.

The cosmos is monstrous
I am tired now
But space is boundless
I continue to plow.

Space is tremendous
My energy is lost
Between galaxies
In darkness and frost.

The universe enormous
I am tired now
But space is boundless
I continue to plow.

poem by Paul Hartal
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My father was a progressive farmer, and was always ready to lay aside an old plough if he could replace it with one better constructed for its work. All through life, I have ever been ready to buy a better plough.

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Weil worth aw, that gars the plough draw.

British proverbs
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Revelation...

i am...
something more
than my regrets,
something less,
than my dreams.
more of a carpenter
than a sculptor,
more of a farmer
than a savior.
dented, bruised, dusty,
and often busted.
i know the darkness
as well as the light,
sometimes better!
peaceful, but not a pushover,
will fight when cornered.
know about your jails,
and the prison of self.
been a drunkard, been a healer,
a mad lover, an unholy priest.

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poem by Eric Cockrell
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Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.

quote by Les Brown
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Cheating is the chapman's cart and plough.

German proverbs
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There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.

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A man must plough with such oxen as he hath.

Chinese proverbs
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A used plough shines, standing water stinks.

German proverbs
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Nobody will plough the land except its cows.

Palestinian proverbs
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Forgetting the cow, when going out to plough.

Burmese proverbs
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Plough deep and you will have plenty of corn.

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To plough a straight furrow, never look back.

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Joe Ramsbottom

Joe Ramshottom rented a bit of a farm
From its owner, Squire Goslett his name;
And the Gosletts came over with William the First,
And found Ramsbottoms here when they came.

One day Joe were ploughing his three-acre field
When the front of his plough hit a rock,
And on closer inspection o' t' damage he found
As the coulter had snapped wi' the shock.

He'd got a spare coulter at home in his shed,
But that were some distance away,
And he reckoned by t' time he had been there and back
He'd have wasted best part of the day.

The accident 'appened not far from the place
Where the Squire had his sumptuous abode;
He thought he might borrow a coulter from him,
And save going back all that road.

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poem by Marriott Edgar
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The used plough shines, standing water stinks.

Danish proverbs
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Where shall the ox go, and not have to plough?

Portuguese proverbs
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The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read.

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