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He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
