All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.

His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.

His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.

The vertue of a coward is suspition.

The vertue of a coward is suspition.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.

In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.

He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more

He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.

It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.

It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

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

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