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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. 
 For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty, 
all-powerful money gives them all.  
 For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty, 
all-powerful money gives them all. 
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
 It is a sheep of Beery, it is marked on the nose (applyed to 
those that have a blow).  
 It is a sheep of Beery, it is marked on the nose (applyed to 
those that have a blow). 
 Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
 Our joys shall always last;
  For Hope shall brighten days to read more 
 Then fill the bowl--way with gloom!
 Our joys shall always last;
  For Hope shall brighten days to come,
   And Mem'ry gild the past. 
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!