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The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.