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So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.
Reunion after long separation is even better than one's wedding night.
Reunion after long separation is even better than one's wedding night.
