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A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
