Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.

Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.

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.

We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.

We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.

Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.

A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.

A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.

And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.

And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.

Such pains they take to look pretty.

Such pains they take to look pretty.

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?