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O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
Our native land attracts us with some mysterious charm, never to
be forgotten.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
