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Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
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And the more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel Torment within me.
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Zeal and duty are not slow But on occasion's forelock watchful wait.
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Under the shady roofOf branching elm star-proof.
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The spirits perverse with easy intercourse pass to and fro, to tempt or punish mortals.
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Hence vain deluding Joys,The brood of Folly without father bred!
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Peace hath her victoriesNo less renowned than war.
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Where the bright seraphim in burning rowTheir loud uplifted angel trumpets blow.
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Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race:Call on the lazy leaden-stepping Hours,Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace;And glut thyself with what thy womb devours,Which is no more than what is false and vain,And merely mortal dross.
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Tears such as angels weep.
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Few sometimes may know, when thousands err.
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Is it true, O Christ in heaven, that the highest suffer the most? That the strongest wander furthest and most hopelessly are lost? That the mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain? That the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain?
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Him that yon soars on golden wing, guiding the fiery-wheelèd throne, the Cherub Contemplation.
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By a certain fate, great acts, and great eloquence have most commonly gone hand in hand, equalling and honoring each other in the same ages.
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The winds with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kisst.
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The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness.
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The rising world of waters dark and deep.
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The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear.
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So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear,Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost;Evil,be thou my good.
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A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars,--as stars to thee appear Seen in the galaxy, that milky way Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest Powder'd with stars.
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O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day!
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So hand in hand they passed, the loveliest pair that ever since in love's embraces met -- Adam, the goodliest man of men since born his sons; the fairest of her daughters Eve.
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What is strength without a double share of wisdom?
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O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes!
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