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A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
