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A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
