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But woman's grief is like a summer storm, Short as it violent is.
Joanna Baillie
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Sweet sleep be with us, one and all! And if upon its stillness fall The visions of a busy brain, We'll have our pleasure o'er again, To warm the heart, to charm the sight, Gay dreams to all! good night, good night.
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The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.
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A willing heart adds feather to the heel.
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Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field, Still on their dinner turn-- Let such pot-boiling varlets stay at home, And wield a flesh-hook rather than a sword.
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