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What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
Who gives to all, denies all.
Who gives to all, denies all.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
