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Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
I'ld charm her with the magic of a switch.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.