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A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to read more
Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
Our joys shall always last;
For Hope shall brighten days to come,
And Mem'ry gild the past.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
