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Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more
Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
