WHAT PRIVATE GRIEFS THEY HAVE, ALAS! I KNOW NOT.
SWEET ARE THE USES OF ADVERSITY,
WHICH, LIKE THE TOAD, UGLY AND VENOMOUS,
WEARS YET A PRECIOUS JEWEL IN HIS HEAD;
AND THIS OUR LIFE EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC HAUNT,
FINDS TONGUES IN TREES, BOOKS IN THE RUNNING BROOKS,
SERMONS IN STONES, AND GOOD IN EVERYTHING.
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