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We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.