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Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
