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Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck read more
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck at.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
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.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
