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Ben Battle was a soldier bold, and used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, so he laid down…
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O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.
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How bless'd the heart that has a friend. A sympathizing ear to lend.
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The biggest bore of all is he who is overflowing with congratulations
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I saw old autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To silence.
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There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be,- In the cold grave,…
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And ye, who have met with Adversity's blast, And been bow'd to the earth by its fury; To whom the Twelve Months,…
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Oh! God! That bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood so cheap!
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Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions; Yet others of our most romantic schemes, Are…
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Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.
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Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
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Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
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How widely its agencies vary,- To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless,- As even its minted coins express, Now stamp'd with…
— Thomas Hood
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I don't look upon my divorces as mistakes. Those marriages were right for the Bess that made that decision at that time.
— Bess Myerson
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Bess had become the ocean, always breaking against the rocks but never staying broken. Her love was the ocean, too, endless and…
— Megan Hart
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Bess stepped back and looked at Nancy admiringly. 'Your hunches are so often right it startles me.
— Carolyn Keene
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Head held high and lips parted, she breathed in the music, sending it through her torso and arms and legs the way…
— Lynne Sharon Schwartz
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First lady has been a thankless position. Eleanor Roosevelt was brilliant and had strong views. She was criticized for her politics and…
— Karen DeCrow
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"Hi. You know with everything going down in West Palm Beach, and the holidays right around the corner I couldn't think of…
— Bill Maher
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