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To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
No naked man is sought after to be rifled.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
