The battle is over when the foe has fallen.

The battle is over when the foe has fallen.

An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.

An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.

That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.

Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.

Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.

Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.