O these degenerate days!

O these degenerate days!

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.

Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.

Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.

I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]

I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]

A gift in time of need is most acceptable.

A gift in time of need is most acceptable.

It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.

It's a wicked thing to make a dearth ones garner.

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.

The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.

The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.