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Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
He that makes his bed ill, lies there.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
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.
