Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

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.

The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.

The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.

A man that is warned is half armed.

A man that is warned is half armed.

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.

Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.

Don't shit on your own doorstep.

Don't shit on your own doorstep.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.