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'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.
The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.
Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.