Every bullet has its billet.

Every bullet has its billet.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more

She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.

'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.

'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.

O how full of briars is this working-day world.

O how full of briars is this working-day world.