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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
