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We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
The offender never pardons.
The offender never pardons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
