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Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
The shadow of a mighty name.
The shadow of a mighty name.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
