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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.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.