A wounded deer leaps highest,
I've heard the hunter tell;
'Tis but the ecstasy of death,
And then the brake is still.
The smitten rock that gushes,
The trampled steel that springs,,
A cheek is always redder
Just where the hectic stings
Mirth is mail of anguish,
In which its cautious arm
Lest anybody spy the blood
And, you're hurt exclaim.
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An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
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Threaten the oppressed and be prepared to face their onslaught, abuse them and be prepared for an even greater threat.
Threaten the oppressed and be prepared to face their onslaught, abuse them and be prepared for an even greater threat.
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They did the little boy turkey named Art... choke
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and then served his dead body with artichokes.
When I step out of the role you have written for me
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you make me feel like a plagiarist.
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