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They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
Everything in art is but a copy of nature.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
