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The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
