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Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
