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With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
