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Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
God oft hath a great share in a little house.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.