Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge
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The frowsy sponge boats keep coming in
with the obliging air of retrievers,
with the obliging air of retrievers,
This race is never grateful: from the first,
One fills their cup at supper with pure wine, ...
One fills their cup at supper with pure wine, ...
Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry.
Of the quaking recruit, three pitched battles make a grim grenadier; and he who shrank from the muzzle of a cannon, is now ready t
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Bearing the bandages, water and sponge,
Straight and swift to my wounded I go, ...
Straight and swift to my wounded I go, ...
When an immortal passion breathes in mortal clay;
Our hearts endure the scourge, the plaited thorns, the way ...
Our hearts endure the scourge, the plaited thorns, the way ...
He who has been impoverished for a long time ... who has long stood before the door of the mighty in darkness and begged for alms,
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In this world of overrated pleasures,
Of underrated treasures.
Of underrated treasures.
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