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Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church
still.
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more
Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.
