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Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
No man can lose what he never had.
No man can lose what he never had.
In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil read more
In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil ~~Must be draggin' you along
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.
That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.
Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the read more
Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the fountain,
Thou are gone, and for ever!
Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss
But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.
Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss
But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.
Things that are not at all, are never lost.
Things that are not at all, are never lost.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.
