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What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
No one can keep a mask on long.
No one can keep a mask on long.
Night is the mother of Councels.
Night is the mother of Councels.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
