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Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more
Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
The sow that was washed is turned to her wallowing in the mire.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.