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A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A read more
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
