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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
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.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
You will not be a chip the richer.
You will not be a chip the richer.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves.
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Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us
solace ourselves with loves.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.