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Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
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Should banded unions persecute
Opinions, and induce a time
When single thought is civil crime,
And individual freedom mute,
. . . .
Then waft me from the harbour's mouth,
Wild wind, I seek a warmer sky.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
