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This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
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.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.