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Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
I hold a wolf by the ears. [I am in a dilemma I have caught a
Tartar.]
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
