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Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
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.
First come, first served.
First come, first served.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
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O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
What has not wasting time impaired?
What has not wasting time impaired?
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
