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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
