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 Confusion's cure lives not
 In these confusions.  
 Confusion's cure lives not
 In these confusions. 
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
 To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
 Ring Sabbath knells;
  The sod's a cushion for his pious read more 
 To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
 Ring Sabbath knells;
  The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
   And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
    The sky-blue pool a font. 
 A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too 
bus to take care read more 
 A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too 
bus to take care of his tools. 
 The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
 (Earth has no unpolluted spring)
  From the cursed soil some read more 
 The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
 (Earth has no unpolluted spring)
  From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
   So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting. 
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.