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But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.
Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
