And all the petty miseries of life.

Saints have been calm while stretched upon the rack,

And Guatimozin smiled on burning coals;

But never yet did housewife notable

Greet with a smile a rainy washing-day.

But grant the welkin fair; require not, thou

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Who call’st thyself perchance the master there,

Or study swept, or nicely-dusted coat,

Or usual ’tendance; ask not, indiscreet,