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I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
