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Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.