They say that "Time assuages"－1
Time never did assuage－
An actual suffering strengthens
As Sinews do, with age－
Time is a Test of Trouble－5
But not a Remedy－
If such it prove, it prove too
There was no Malady－
Time never did assuage－
An actual suffering strengthens
As Sinews do, with age－
Time is a Test of Trouble－5
But not a Remedy－
If such it prove, it prove too
There was no Malady－
(F.861/J.686)
[1] Time:: the duration sentenced in prison. assuages:: to relieves the criminal's malady.
[3] strengthens:: makes stronger the criminal.
[5] Test of Trouble:: a hint on criminal and prison.
[7] it prove:: the imprisonment can solve crime.
[8] no Malady:: no disorder in the world, if prison can solve all the trouble.
Of 3043 convicts confined in that prison, 442 were apprenticed and served their whole time; 556 were apprenticed, but did not serve out their time ─ The American Presbyterian and Theological Review (1863)
