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Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.
Young Timothy
Learnt sin to fly.
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What read more
I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.
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.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
But, said as angels for the good man's sin,
Weep to record, and blush to give it in.
But, said as angels for the good man's sin,
Weep to record, and blush to give it in.
Compound for sins they are inclin'd to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Compound for sins they are inclin'd to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.