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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
