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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
Not even the gods can withstand necessity.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
The best bred have the best portion.
The best bred have the best portion.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
