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Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes
overcast you will be alone.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.