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She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
All things deteriorate in time.
All things deteriorate in time.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
A golden key can open any door.
A golden key can open any door.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
