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Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has read more
The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to
those who look back on what has passed.
