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The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]