Maxioms by William Cowper
Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
Detested sport,
That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch,
Cold and yet cheerful; messenger of grief
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He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch,
Cold and yet cheerful; messenger of grief
Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some.
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
A hat not much worse for wear.
A hat not much worse for wear.
There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark!
And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.
There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark!
And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.
