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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
