Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

The March sunne raises but dissolves not.

The March sunne raises but dissolves not.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]

You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!

You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.

When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.

It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.

It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.