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Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
