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PESSIMIST AND OPTIMIST by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

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First Line: THIS ONE SITS SHIVERING IN FORTUNE'S SMILE
Last Line: LAUGHS IN THE TEETH OF DEATH.
Subject(s): PESSIMISM; OPTIMISM;
THIS one sits shivering in Fortune's smile,
Taking his joy with bated, doubtful breath.
This other, gnawed by hunger, all the while
Laughs in the teeth of Death.



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