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No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure read more
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure removed.
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most read more
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most sweet robe of durance?
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.