I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

God has joined the innocent with the guilty.

God has joined the innocent with the guilty.

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!

A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.

A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.

Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.

Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.

When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.

When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

Let him love none and be by none beloved!