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A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
