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NEVER RAIL AT THE WORLD.
Never rail at the world—it is just as we make it,
We see not the flower if we set not the seed;
And as for ill-luck, why it's just as we take it,—
The heart that's in earnest, no bars can impede.
You question the justice which governs man's breast
And say that the search for true friendship is vain;
But remember, this world, though it be not the best,
Is the next to the best we shall ever attain.
We see not the flower if we set not the seed;
And as for ill-luck, why it's just as we take it,—
The heart that's in earnest, no bars can impede.
You question the justice which governs man's breast
And say that the search for true friendship is vain;
But remember, this world, though it be not the best,
Is the next to the best we shall ever attain.
Never rail at the world, nor attempt to exalt
That feeling which questions society's claim;
For often poor Friendship is less in the fault,
Less changeable oft, than the selfish who blame:
Then ne'er by the changes of fate be deprest,
Nor wear like a fetter Time's sorrowful chain:
But believe that this world, though it be not the best,
Is the next to the best we shall ever attain.
That feeling which questions society's claim;
For often poor Friendship is less in the fault,
Less changeable oft, than the selfish who blame:
Then ne'er by the changes of fate be deprest,
Nor wear like a fetter Time's sorrowful chain:
But believe that this world, though it be not the best,
Is the next to the best we shall ever attain.
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