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One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
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.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
