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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
