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There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.
A valiant mans looke is more then a cowards sword.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
