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Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, read more
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than
lightning.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Ships feare fire more then water.
Ships feare fire more then water.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.