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When thou attended gloriously from heaven,
Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send
Thy summoning read more
When thou attended gloriously from heaven,
Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send
Thy summoning archangels to proclaim
Thy dread tribunal.
With thumb turned.
[Lat., Verso pollice.]
With thumb turned.
[Lat., Verso pollice.]
Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
Man for something in him we cannot abide.
Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
Man for something in him we cannot abide.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
Cruel and cold is the judgment of man,
Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow;
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Cruel and cold is the judgment of man,
Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow;
But by-and-by will the deed and the plan
Be judged by the motive that lieth below.
Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.
Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.
What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent
of the undertaking and the accomplishment read more
What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent
of the undertaking and the accomplishment of your wish?
[Lat., Quid tam dextro pede concipis ut te conatus non poeniteat
votique peracti?]
There written all
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
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There written all
Black as the damning drops that fall
From the denouncing Angel's pen,
Ere Mercy weeps them out again.
Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having read more
Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.