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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
