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Come, now again, thy woes impart,
Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;
We cannot heal the read more
Come, now again, thy woes impart,
Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;
We cannot heal the throbbing heart
Will we discern the wounds within.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is
sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.
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Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is
sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment.
[Lat., Di faciles, peccasse semel concedite tuto:
Id satis est. Peonam culpa secunda ferat.]
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;
Earth felt read more
Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;
Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat
Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe
That all was lost.
You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited.
You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited.
It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.
It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable.
