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O, white innocence,
That thou shouldst wear the mask of guilt to hide
Thine awful and serenest read more
O, white innocence,
That thou shouldst wear the mask of guilt to hide
Thine awful and serenest countenance
From those who know thee not!
Hence, bashful cunning,
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
Hence, bashful cunning,
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow
That innocence can give,
When its resistless accents flow
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E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow
That innocence can give,
When its resistless accents flow
To bid affection live.
The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time
The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
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.
