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'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.
For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.