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Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
