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Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
