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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time:
when out of place they are offensive.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.