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When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
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.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.