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I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
