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Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
