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The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with
bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
I'll have a fling.
I'll have a fling.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
