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O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
I'll have a fling.
I'll have a fling.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
Good words quench more then a bucket of water.
Good words quench more then a bucket of water.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
