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Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
Leap out of the frying pan into the fire.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
To cut a whetstone with a razor.
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
No better than you should be.
No better than you should be.
Add to golden numbers golden numbers.
Add to golden numbers golden numbers.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
Through thick and thin, both over Hill and Plain.
Made no more bones.
Made no more bones.
