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Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.