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Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
