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Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking
Amid the roses, fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest; a quick-returning pang
Shoots through the conscious heart.
Amid the roses, fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest; a quick-returning pang
Shoots through the conscious heart.
Who after his transgression doth repent,
Is halfe, or altogether, innocent.
Who after his transgression doth repent,
Is halfe, or altogether, innocent.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
The sinning is the best part of repentance
The sinning is the best part of repentance
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
Repentance is another name for aspiration.
Repentance is another name for aspiration.
But with the morning cool repentance came.
But with the morning cool repentance came.
When the scourge
Inexorable, and the torturing hour
Calls us to penance.
When the scourge
Inexorable, and the torturing hour
Calls us to penance.
