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Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Castles are Forrests of stones.
Castles are Forrests of stones.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
