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Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
A child correct behind and not before.
A child correct behind and not before.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.
God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
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Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!