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Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
