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Repentance is good, but innocence better
Repentance is good, but innocence better
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.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
The sinning is the best part of repentance
The sinning is the best part of repentance
Bad men are full of repentance.
Bad men are full of repentance.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
The dream is short, repentance long.
[Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]
The dream is short, repentance long.
[Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]
When the scourge
Inexorable, and the torturing hour
Calls us to penance.
When the scourge
Inexorable, and the torturing hour
Calls us to penance.
Woman, amends may never come to late.
Woman, amends may never come to late.