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The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
