I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

As many servants so many enemies.

As many servants so many enemies.

Victory or Westminister Abbey.

Victory or Westminister Abbey.

Fury itself supplies arms.

Fury itself supplies arms.

Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,

Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,

O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
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O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

The sun sets without thy assistance.

The sun sets without thy assistance.