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There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no evil without its compensation.
There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.