Fret iz a kanker, a gangreene, a blister, a bile, salt on a sore place,
and a sliver everywhare.
Fret iz frickshun, a dull lancet, a gimblet.
Fret makes a yung man ackt like an old one, and an old man ackt like a
yung one.
Fret iz a grind stun, whare he holds hiz noze on, haz tew do hiz own
turning.
Fret haz burnt more holes thru a man's koppers that all the other hot
things, it haz killed az often az the doktors hav, and iz az lawless,
and senseless, az a goose.
Fret makes the husband a tyrant, the wife a plague, the child a
nuisance, an old maid terrible, and a bachelor disgusting.
Fret makes home a prizon, and puts teeth into the gums ov all life's
misfortunes.