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O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.
In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
