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Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
 The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from 
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more 
 The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from 
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
 [Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
  A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
   Nudus castra peto.] 
 Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
 Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.  
 Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
 Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away. 
 And on her lover's arm she leant,
 And round her waist she felt it fold,
  And far read more 
 And on her lover's arm she leant,
 And round her waist she felt it fold,
  And far across the hills they went,
   In that new world that is the old. 
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Weight justly and sell dearely.