One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

Whither art thou rushing to destruction?

Whither art thou rushing to destruction?

Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.