With but a plank between them and their fate.

With but a plank between them and their fate.

Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.

Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.

Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.

Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.

A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
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A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.

Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.

Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.