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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
