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The despondence of thy heart is hateful to thy maker; sadness is against thy nature, it troubleth its motions, lo! it rendereth distasteful what she hath made amiable, -- as the Oak falleth before the tempest, and raiseth its head no more, so bendeth the heart of Man to the force of sadness, and its strength returneth not again -- As the snow melteth upon the mountains, from the rain that trickleth down its sides, even so is beauty wash'd off the cheeks by tears, and neither the one or the other restoreth itself again for ever. -- As the Pearl is dissolved by the Vinegar which seemeth at first only to obscure its surface,
