Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold
Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?

Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold
Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
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Why comes temptation but for man to meet
And master and make crouch beneath his foot,
And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours, that
are but skin-deep.

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours, that
are but skin-deep.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay
To have tricked temptation and turned it away,
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So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay
To have tricked temptation and turned it away,
But wait, my friend, for a different day;
Wait till you want to want to!

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.

What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.