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Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
