A Dutch Proverb
Fire, water, woman, are man's ruin,
Says wise Professor Vander Brüin.
By flames a house I hired was lost
Last year, and I must pay the cost.
This spring the rains o'erflowed my ground,
And my best Flanders mare was drowned.
A slave I am to Clara's eyes:
The gypsy knows her pow'r, and flies.
Fire, water, woman, are my ruin:
And great thy wisdom, Vander Brüin.
Says wise Professor Vander Brüin.
By flames a house I hired was lost
Last year, and I must pay the cost.
This spring the rains o'erflowed my ground,
And my best Flanders mare was drowned.
A slave I am to Clara's eyes:
The gypsy knows her pow'r, and flies.
Fire, water, woman, are my ruin:
And great thy wisdom, Vander Brüin.
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