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 What will this boaster produce worthy of this mouthing? The 
mountains are in labor; a ridiculous mouse will be read more 
 What will this boaster produce worthy of this mouthing? The 
mountains are in labor; a ridiculous mouse will be born.
 [Lat., Quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu?
  Parturiunt montes; nascetur ridiculus mus.] 
 Over the hills, and over the main,
 To Flanders, Portugal, or Spain;
  The Queen commands, and we'll read more 
 Over the hills, and over the main,
 To Flanders, Portugal, or Spain;
  The Queen commands, and we'll obey,
   Over the hills and far away. 
 What is the voice of strange command
 Calling you still, as friend calls friend,
  With love that read more 
 What is the voice of strange command
 Calling you still, as friend calls friend,
  With love that cannot brook delay,
   To rise and follow the ways that wend
    Over the hills and far away. 
Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise.
Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise.
 Heav'd on Olympus tottering Ossa stood;
 On Ossa, Pelion nods with all his wood.  
 Heav'd on Olympus tottering Ossa stood;
 On Ossa, Pelion nods with all his wood. 
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.
 That were to blow at fire in hope to quench it;
 For who digs hills because they do aspire
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 That were to blow at fire in hope to quench it;
 For who digs hills because they do aspire
  Throws down one mountain to cast up a higher. 
Well, we knocked the bastard off!
Well, we knocked the bastard off!
In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs
In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs