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Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
