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The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before read more
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
