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Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.
In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
