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The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
The way of transgressors is hard.
The way of transgressors is hard.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
Who gives to all, denies all.
Who gives to all, denies all.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
