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My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
