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But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
That which I just now gave, I recall, and draw back the string.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
