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The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.
Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
