Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be, And think each … - John Conington

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Let hopes and sorrows, fears and angers be,
And think each day that dawns the last you'll see;
For so the hour that greets you unforeseen
Will bring with it enjoyment twice as keen.

John Conington

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John Conington (10 August 1825 – 23 October 1869) was an English classical scholar.

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Hush your tongues from idle speech.

So vast the labor to create
The fabric of the Roman state!

At Orcus' portals hold their lair
Wild Sorrow and avenging Care;
And pale Diseases cluster there,
And pleasureless Decay
Foul Penury, and Fears that kill,
And Hunger, counsellor of ill,
A ghastly presence they:
Suffering and Death the threshold keep,
And with them Death's blood-brother, Sleep.

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