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The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
The faulty stands on his guard.
The faulty stands on his guard.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
