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Mine
is a most peaceable disposition.
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My
wishes are: a humble cottage with a thatched
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roof,
but a good bed, good food,
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the
freshest milk and butter,
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flowers
before my window, and a few fine trees
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before
my door;
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and
if God wants to make my happiness complete,
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he
will grant me the joy
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of
seeing some six or seven of my enemies
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hanging
from those trees.
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Before
their death I shall, moved in my heart,
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forgive
them all the wrong they did me
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in
their lifetime.
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One
must, it is true, forgive one's enemies --
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but
not before they have
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been
hanged.
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