Take her up tenderly,
Lift her with care;
Fashioned so slenderly,
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Take her up tenderly,
Lift her with care;
Fashioned so slenderly,
Young and so fair!

Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen,
Fallen from his high estate,
And welt'ring in his blood;
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Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen,
Fallen from his high estate,
And welt'ring in his blood;
Deserted at his utmost need,
By those his former bounty fed;
On the bare earth expos'd he lies,
With not a friend to close his eyes.

Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity
the scorn even of the base.
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Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity
the scorn even of the base.
[Lat., Quicumque amisit dignitatem pristinam
Ignavis etiam jocus est in casu gravi.]

The worst is not
So long as we can say 'This is the worst.'

The worst is not
So long as we can say 'This is the worst.'

It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.

Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.

I was a stricken deer that left the herd
Long since.

I was a stricken deer that left the herd
Long since.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of
our friends upon them.

Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of
our friends upon them.