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A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
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Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time,
Filled up with horror all, and big with death!
Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.
Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
He that has light within his own clear breast
May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:
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He that has light within his own clear breast
May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:
But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts
Benighted walks under the mid-day sun;
Himself his own dungeon.
There is no future pang
Can deal that justice on the self condemn'd
He deals on his read more
There is no future pang
Can deal that justice on the self condemn'd
He deals on his own soul.
Why should not Conscience have vacation
As well as other Courts o' th' nation?
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Why should not Conscience have vacation
As well as other Courts o' th' nation?
Have equal power to adjourn,
Appoint appearance and return?
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
