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As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
What can innocence hope for,
When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
What can innocence hope for,
When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it read more
No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden.
O God, keep me innocent; make others great!
[Fr., O mon Dieu, conserve-moi innocente, donne la grandeur aux
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O God, keep me innocent; make others great!
[Fr., O mon Dieu, conserve-moi innocente, donne la grandeur aux
autres.]
We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun,
And bleat the one at th' other. What read more
We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun,
And bleat the one at th' other. What we changed
Was innocence for innocence; we knew not
The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed
That any did.
But thus: if powers divine
Behold our human actions, as they do,
I doubt not then but read more
But thus: if powers divine
Behold our human actions, as they do,
I doubt not then but innocence shall make
False accusation blush and tyranny
Tremble at patience.
Hence, bashful cunning,
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
Hence, bashful cunning,
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time
The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time
Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance
Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance
