Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.

Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.

Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!

Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!

And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more

And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more

A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.

'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.

'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.

Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting read more

Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Everyone has his besetting sin.