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Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Savage bears agree with one another.
Savage bears agree with one another.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
