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Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, read more
She only said, My life is dreary,
He cometh not, she said;
She said I am aweary, aweary,
Oh God, that I were dead.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
