A fig for those by law protected Liberty's a glorious feast Courts for cowards were erected Churches built to please the priest.
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All in its rude and prickly bower,
That crimson rose, how sweet and fair;
But love is far a sweeter flower,
Amid life's thorny path o' care.
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If we lead a life of pleasure,
'Tis no matter how or where!
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From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, 'An honest man 's the noblest work of God.'
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But hawks will rob the tender joys
That bless the little lintwhite's nest;
And frost will blight the fairest flowers,
And love will break the soundest rest.
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To what dark cave of frozen night
Shall poor Sylvander hie;
Depriv'd of thee, his life and light,
The sun of all his joy?
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