We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun,
And bleat the one at th' other. What read more

We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun,
And bleat the one at th' other. What we changed
Was innocence for innocence; we knew not
The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed
That any did.

As innocent as a new-laid egg.

As innocent as a new-laid egg.

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told read more

When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?"

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow
That innocence can give,
When its resistless accents flow
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E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow
That innocence can give,
When its resistless accents flow
To bid affection live.

He's armed without that's innocent within.

He's armed without that's innocent within.

Hence, bashful cunning,
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!

Hence, bashful cunning,
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!