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The Reverend are ever before.
The Reverend are ever before.
Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.
As shines the moon in clouded skies,
She in her poor attire was seen.
