Who first invented work, and bound the free And holiday-rejoicing spirit down . . . . To that dry drudgery at the desk's dead wood . . . . Sabbathless Satan.
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Gone before To that unknown and silent shore.Charles Lamb
Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken The eyes that shone Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken.
Charles Lamb
The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.
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When true hearts lie wither'd And fond ones are flown, Oh, who would inhabit This bleak world alone.
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Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.
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As sunshine broken in the rill, Though turned astray, is sunshine still.
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