Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

Gifts enter every where without a wimble.

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.

There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.

There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good
action.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.

Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.