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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
Then join in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.