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Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.
Robin Hood could brave all weathers but a thaw wind.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
