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Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
