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Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
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And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.