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I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.