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And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
There is no body will go to hell for company.
There is no body will go to hell for company.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.