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I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
