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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
