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It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
