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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
Beauty drawes more then oxen.
Beauty drawes more then oxen.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
