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Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
Stained
With grief, that's beauty's canter.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.
Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.
