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I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
