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Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
You harp perpetually on the same string.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
