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A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
