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'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
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.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget
it.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
