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Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice read more
They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice are few and far
between.]
Every bullet has its billet.
Every bullet has its billet.
