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The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more
To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
