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A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
Our wasted oil unprofitably burns,
Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.
In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil read more
In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil ~~Must be draggin' you along
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.
Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
No man can lose what he never had.
No man can lose what he never had.
Losers must have leave to speak.
Losers must have leave to speak.
That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning read more
That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
