Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?

Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.

Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.

It is a kingly act to help the fallen.

It is a kingly act to help the fallen.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.

Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.