Nothing is achieved without toil.

Nothing is achieved without toil.

The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.

The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.

He that burnes most shines most.

He that burnes most shines most.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.

Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.

Even when the wound is healed the scar remains.

To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.

To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.

Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.

Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.