With but a plank between them and their fate.

With but a plank between them and their fate.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.

In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.

In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.

He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.

He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.

Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.

Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

We must love, as looking one day to hate.

We must love, as looking one day to hate.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.