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Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
