A Toad, can die of Light
A Toad, can die of Light
Death is the Common Right
Of Toads and Men
Of Earl and Midge
The privilege
Why swagger, then?
The Gnat’s supremacy is large as Thine
Life is a different Thing
So measure Wine
Naked of Flask Naked of Cask
Bare Rhine
Which Ruby’s mine?
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