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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.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.