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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
