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Drink to her that each loves best, And if you nurse a flame That's told but to her mutual breast, We will not ask her name.

Oh, leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, space the beechen tree!

Out spoke the victor then, As he hail'd them o'er the wave, Ye are brothers! ye are men! And we conquer but to save; So peace instead of death let us bring; But yield, proud foe, let us bring; With the crews, at England's feet, And make submission meet To our King.

Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

When the stormy winds do blow; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.

Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all.

Never wedding, ever wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing, Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All my life with sorrow strewing; Wed or cease to woo.

For there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb.