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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
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!
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
