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'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint read more
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
