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But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if read more
But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
