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Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
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Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.