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Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
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O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
