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Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest read more
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Mind your P's and Q's.
Mind your P's and Q's.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.
