Maxioms by Thomas Campbell
What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.
What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.
To bear is to conquer our fate.
To bear is to conquer our fate.
When the stormy winds do blow;
When the battle rages loud and long,
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When the stormy winds do blow;
When the battle rages loud and long,
And the stormy winds do blow.
Ye field flowers! the gardens eclipse you 'tis true:
Yet wildings of nature, I dote upon you,
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Ye field flowers! the gardens eclipse you 'tis true:
Yet wildings of nature, I dote upon you,
For ye waft me to summers of old,
When the earth teem'd around me with fairy delight,
And when daisies and buttercups gladden'd my sight,
Like treasures of silver and gold.