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Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
He who fears his servants is less than a servant.
Give me the ocular proof.
Give me the ocular proof.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!