Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
It is good
To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.
It is good
To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.
My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 't is to crow:
Don't never prophesy--onless ye know.
My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 't is to crow:
Don't never prophesy--onless ye know.
Tiny Salmoneus of the air
His mimic bolts the firefly threw.
Tiny Salmoneus of the air
His mimic bolts the firefly threw.
They are slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
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They are slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
. . . .
They are slaves who dare not be
In the right with two or three.
