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One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
 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. 
 Perhaps the early grave
 Which men weep over may be meant to save.  
 Perhaps the early grave
 Which men weep over may be meant to save. 
 How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
 Makes ill deeds done.  
 How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
 Makes ill deeds done. 
 He told me once
 The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
  Is when it loses faith read more 
 He told me once
 The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
  Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
   For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
    Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
     I would go wandering back into my childhood,
      Searching for them with tears. 
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.