Along the road...

I walked a mile with Pleasure;

She chattered all the way.

But left me none the wiser

For all she had to say

I walked a mile with Sorrow

And never a word said she;

But oh, the things I learned from her

When Sorrow walked with me!

~Robert Browning

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