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88
EVER COMPLAINING.
Ever complaining,
Nothing is right;
Daylight is dreary—
Wearisome night:
Ever rejecting,
Quick to destroy,
The little that's left
For our life to enjoy!
Nothing is right;
Daylight is dreary—
Wearisome night:
Ever rejecting,
Quick to destroy,
The little that's left
For our life to enjoy!
Shame on the nature
Thankless and vain,
Shame on the temper
Eager to pain!
Hearts that in selfishness
Only are cast,
Darkening the present
With clouds of the past!
Thankless and vain,
Shame on the temper
Eager to pain!
Hearts that in selfishness
Only are cast,
Darkening the present
With clouds of the past!
89
Sad that the summer
Of life should be spent
In blighting the roses
For happiness sent;
Sad that affection
So often should grieve
Over natures that seem
Only born to deceive!
Of life should be spent
In blighting the roses
For happiness sent;
Sad that affection
So often should grieve
Over natures that seem
Only born to deceive!
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