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Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.