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Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.
Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
