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It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.
