Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.

Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.

Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?

Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?

'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.

This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.

For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.

And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
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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.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.