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Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.
The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.