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Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
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!
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
