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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
