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Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
The resolved minde hath no cares.
The resolved minde hath no cares.
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!