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No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
