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What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to read more
That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to the brow.
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at read more
He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not know it, and he's not robb'd at all.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
I tell the tale as it was told to me.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.