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All in the Downs the fleet was moored,
The streamers waving in the wind,
When black-eyed Susan came aboard.
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'Twas when the seas were roaring
With hollow blasts of wind,
A damsel lay deploring,
All on a rock reclined.
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If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
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Woman's mind Oft' shifts her passions, like th'inconstant wind; Sudden she rages, like the troubled main, Now sinks the storm, and all is calm again.
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What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?
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John Gay
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Born:
June 30, 1685
Died:
December 4, 1732
(aged 47)
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