Maxioms by Robert Pollok
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
He sat among his bags, and, with a look
Which hell might be ashamed of, drove the poor
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He sat among his bags, and, with a look
Which hell might be ashamed of, drove the poor
Away unalmed; and midst abundance died--
Sorest of evils!--died of utter want.
