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He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
