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Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
