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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.
