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The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint read more
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
