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Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
