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CONSCIOUS-WRONG. |
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CONSCIOUS-WRONG.
Yes, others do it: wherefore may not I?
They prosper, they enjoy, and never rue it.—
Well, if they do not feel the acted lie,
'Tis little sin to do it.
They prosper, they enjoy, and never rue it.—
Well, if they do not feel the acted lie,
'Tis little sin to do it.
But I both see and feel it deeply wrong,
And thus the crime of doing it were deeper;
Nor I go scathless as the prosperous throng
That own no inward keeper.
And thus the crime of doing it were deeper;
Nor I go scathless as the prosperous throng
That own no inward keeper.
'Tis not that in return the smitten smite,
Nor that outflowing injury is tidal;
But evermore for him who sees the right,
The wrong is suicidal.
Nor that outflowing injury is tidal;
But evermore for him who sees the right,
The wrong is suicidal.
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