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No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.
It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter.
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy
den, and none returning.
[Lat., Quia ne read more
I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy
den, and none returning.
[Lat., Quia ne vestigia terrent
Omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrosum.]
You are uneasy, . . . you never sailed with me before, I see.
You are uneasy, . . . you never sailed with me before, I see.
His frown was full of terror, and his voice
Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe
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His frown was full of terror, and his voice
Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe
As left him not, till penitence had won
Lost favor back again, and clos'd the breach.
Fear is the passion of slaves.
Fear is the passion of slaves.
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.
Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.
The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light,
And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.
But fear, read more
The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light,
And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.
But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind,
And horrow heavy sat on every mind.
