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'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
Be what thou wouldst seeme to be.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.