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Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
