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I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
