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All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
