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One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!
First come, first served.
First come, first served.
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.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
Marry, this is the short and the long of it.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.