ne'er

I ne'er heard yet that any of these bolder vices wanted less impudence to gainsay what they did, than to perform it first.

The ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.

No clock more punctually went,He ne'er delayed a minute— Nor ever empty was his purse,When he had money in it.

He ne'er by any luck was grieved,By any care perplexed— No filcher he, though when he preached,He always "took" a text.

With your voice my ears ring,And a sweeter ne'er rung,Like a bird's on the wingWhen at morn it has wung.