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The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.