Great things are done when men and mountains meet;
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This is not done by jostling in the street.ii To God If you have form'd a circle to go into,
Go into it yourself, and see how you would do.iii They said this mystery never shall cease:
The priest promotes war, and the soldier peace.iv An Answer to the Parson Why of the sheep do you not learn peace?
Because I don't want you to shear my fleece.v Lacedaemonian Instruction Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there.
A fool tangled in a religious snare.vi Nail his neck to the cross: nail it with a nail.
Nail his neck to the cross: ye all have power over his tail.
vii Love to faults is always blind;
Always is to joy inclin'd,
Lawless, wing'd and unconfin'd,
And breaks all chains from every mind.Deceit to secrecy confin'd,
Lawful, cautious and refin'd;
To anything but interest blind,
And forges fetters for the mind.
viii There souls of men are bought and sold,
And milk-fed Infancy for gold;
And Youth to slaughter-houses led,
And Beauty, for a bit of bread.
O! I cannot, cannot find
The undaunted courage of a virgin mind;
For early I in love was crost,
Before my flower of love was lost.
1 Eternity He who bends to himself a Joy
Doth the wingèd life destroy;
But he who kisses the Joy as it flies
Lives in Eternity's sunrise 8f5 .2 The look of love alarms,
Because it's fill'd with fire;
But the look of soft deceit
Shall win the lover's hire.3 Soft deceit and idleness,
These are Beauty's sweetest dress.4 The Question answered What is it men in women do require?
The lineaments of gratified desire.
What is it women do in men require?
The lineaments of gratified desire.5 An ancient Proverb Remove away that black'ning church,
Remove away that marriage hearse,
Remove away that man of blood --
You'll quite remove the ancient curse.xviii If I e'er grow to man's estate,
O! give to me a woman's fate.
May I govern all, both great and small,
Have the last word, and take the wall.xix Since all the riches of this world
May be gifts from the Devil and earthly kings,
I should suspect that I worshipp'd the Devil
If I thank'd my God for worldly things.xx Riches The countless gold of a merry heart,
The rubies and pearls of a loving eye,
The indolent never can bring to the mart,
Nor the secret hoard up in his treasury.xxi The Angel that presided o'er my birth
Said `Little creature, form'd of joy and mirth,
Go, love without the help of anything on earth.'xxii Grown old in love from seven till seven times seven,
I oft have wish'd for Hell, for ease from Heaven.xxiii Do what you will this life's a fiction,
And is made up of contradiction.