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Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
He that preacheth giveth almes.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
