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Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
