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It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
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.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
