Oh! God! That bread should be so dear, and flesh and blood so cheap!
Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.
Ben Battle was a soldier bold, and used to war's alarms, But a cannon-ball took off his legs, so he laid down his arms.
Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!
And there is even a happiness That makes the heart afraid.
Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.