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Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
We live by reposing trust in each other.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Content is more than a kingdom.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
