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Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Anything for a quiet life.
Anything for a quiet life.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
