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Say him who careless sleeps what while the shaft of Fortune flies,
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Through the thick storm of singing spears he flies,
The Iliad of Homer 2003
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With speed divine from street to street she flies,
The Odyssey of Homer 2003
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Though to his breast his spouse with transport flies,
The Odyssey of Homer 2003
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Haste, then, and ere to neighbouring Pyle he flies,
The Odyssey of Homer 2003
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Frantic through clashing swords she runs, she flies,
The Odyssey of Homer 2003
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The cuckoo is a pretty bird, she sings as she flies,
Pretty Polly 3 1997
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Now, the cuckoo, she's called a merry bird, for she sings as she flies,
The Cuckoo (4) 1996
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Oh, time is short and the days are sweet and passion rules the arrow that flies,
DARK EYES Dylan, Bob, 1941- 1985
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Set their knell on the wing of each arrow that flies,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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