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No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
The hearts letter is read in the eyes.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A read more
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
