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Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.
The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.
