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Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
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He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
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.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
