Maxioms by Will Carleton
 But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate,
 When we lock up our read more 
 But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate,
 When we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too 
late. 
 To appreciate heaven well
 'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.  
 To appreciate heaven well
 'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell. 
 Yellow, mellow, ripened days,
 Sheltered in a golden coating;
  O'er the dreamy, listless haze,
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 Yellow, mellow, ripened days,
 Sheltered in a golden coating;
  O'er the dreamy, listless haze,
   White and dainty cloudlets floating;
    Winking at the blushing trees,
     And the sombre, furrowed fallow;
      Smiling at the airy ease,
       Of the southward flying swallow
        Sweet and smiling are thy ways,
         Beauteous, golden Autumn days. 
 Not all the labor of the earth
 Is done by hardened hands.  
 Not all the labor of the earth
 Is done by hardened hands. 
 The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with 
care,
 His mind at the bottom of business, read more 
 The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with 
care,
 His mind at the bottom of business, his feet at the top of a 
chair,
  His chair-arm an elbow supporting, his right hand upholding his 
head,
   His eyes on his dusty table, with different documents spread.