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Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
 The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
 Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.  
 The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
 Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep. 
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
 It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in 
joke.  
 It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in 
joke. 
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
 The greatest step is that out of doores.
 [The greatest step is that out of doors.]  
 The greatest step is that out of doores.
 [The greatest step is that out of doors.] 
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.