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Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
But thy true lovers more admire by far
Thy naked beauties; give me a cigar.
But thy true lovers more admire by far
Thy naked beauties; give me a cigar.
If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.
If we cannot do what we want, we must do what we can.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
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.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.