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The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
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Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
And individual freedom mute,
. . . .
Then waft me from the harbour's mouth,
Wild wind, I seek a warmer sky.
