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Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
