To Hope Was To Expect

We Can All Begin Freely—a Slight Preference Is Natural Enough; But There Are Very Few Of Us Who Have Heart Enough To Be Really In Love Without Encouragement.

To Be Sure You Know No Actual Good Of Me, But Nobody Thinks Of That When They Fall In Love.

For What Do We Live, But To Make Sport For Our Neighbors And Laugh At Them In Our Turn?

Teach Us Almighty Father, To Consider This Solemn Truth, As We Should Do, That We May Feel The Importance Of Every Day, And Every Hour As It Passes.

Every Man Is Surrounded By A Neighborhood Of Voluntary Spies.