To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 451830Full view - About this book
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...As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done : Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright: To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental muckery. Take the instant way; For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast:... | |
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