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Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
They have learnt life's lessons.
They have learnt life's lessons.
They succeed, because they think they can.
They succeed, because they think they can.
 In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
 [Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]  
 In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
 [Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.] 
 A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
 Or other interesting beast of prey,
  Are similes at hand read more 
 A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
 Or other interesting beast of prey,
  Are similes at hand for the distress
   Of ladies who cannot have their own way. 
 My soul is dark! oh quickly string
 The harp I yet can brook to hear.  
 My soul is dark! oh quickly string
 The harp I yet can brook to hear. 
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.
The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.