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I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.