John Bunyan

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is
kept is "lighter than vanity."

It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is
kept is "lighter than vanity."

The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.

If you have sinned, do not lie down without repentance; for the want of repentance after one has sinned makes read more

If you have sinned, do not lie down without repentance; for the want of repentance after one has sinned makes the heart yet harder and harder

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.