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When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.
He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated,
even when most on his guard.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
