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All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
