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Show AN EYH FOR AN EYE. T.atigh at the world or be lauehed. at; Kri)n or it frowns on you: For the wh-ked ,i!d earth from the time o. its birth Has exacted travail as its due. Sing if you aim to be pitied. -, Sigh if you want to be scorned. - "" ' For the echoes rebound to the ' mock-joyful sound Of indifference, by envy suborned. Ee ss'aiT and your fellows take 'umbrage. . '''- -Bs.qd.-they regard you askiince. - v . : There are those to assign for "good fortune of thine. s'! tei! reasons as malice advance. There is room in the halls of pleasure, Kul we would we alone were there, .. i Ami one by one we have passed on - - . " " t To a narrow, selfish care. '' - ':- .' " .-, ' For the smiles we fain would scatter, '" " And the hand we would fain reach out; ' ' - - v Is an imiulse we live and learn to see ', ; . - I'nrequited" and put to rout. And betrayals" have "6ft been bur portion! .-. . ;- ' For- the kindness we would bestow; So far away with pretense, oiit of pure' 's'el'f -defense,- . We must mete out woe for woe. ; Sing Sing Priso Star of- Hope. t ; : ' 1 |