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Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
