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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.
When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.
