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Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
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Inspiring bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
