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A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.