To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!

To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.

Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.

How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more

How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.

Nature never says one thing, and science another.

Nature never says one thing, and science another.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.