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The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
With his own weapon do I stab him.
With his own weapon do I stab him.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
All soils are not fertile.
All soils are not fertile.
