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Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
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.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.
Never less alone, than when alone.
Never less alone, than when alone.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one
with kindness.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
She has deceived her father, and may thee.
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.
