An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away.

An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away.

This is a pretty flimflam.

This is a pretty flimflam.

What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to
the law.
[Lat., Quam angusta read more

What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to
the law.
[Lat., Quam angusta innocentia est, ad legem bonum esse.]

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

Within a stone's throw of it.

Within a stone's throw of it.

To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.

To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower:
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To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower:
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

But innocence has nothing to dread.
[Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]

But innocence has nothing to dread.
[Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Unto the pure all things are pure.