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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
