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When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
