 Wysłany: Wto 12:32, 22 Lut 2011 Temat postu: For which most pious reasonhard to work |
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| O princepursue but my advice
I'll teach your highness in a trice To set them all a quaking. Playsoperasmasqueradesdestroy: Lock up each charming fille de joie; Give race-horses the glander-- The dice-box breakand burn each card-- Let virtue be its own reward And gag the mouth of slander; In one christian loubiton wholesaleweek's timeI'll lay my life There's not a mannor maidnor wife That will not glad agree 185 If thou will chaim'em as before To show their nose at church no more But quit their God for thee. Tis now full time my ode should end: And now I tell thee like a friend Howe'er the world may scout thee; Thy ways are all so wond'rous winning And folks so very fond of sinning They can not do without thee. THE KING OF SPAIN AND THE HORSE. PETER PINDAR. In seventeen hundred seventy-eight The richthe proudthe potent King of Spain Whose ancestors sent forth their troops to smite The peaceful natives of the western main With faggots and the blood-delighting sword To play the devilto oblige the Lord mbt goti black! For huntingroasting hereticsand boiling Baking and barbecuingfryingbroiling Was thought Heaven's cause amazingly to further; For which most pious reasonhard to work |
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