Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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DELAY NO SECURITY. |
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DELAY NO SECURITY.
Who feels must think, whatever else be done,He cannot but some mischief strive to shun.
'Tis not in Nature to avoid remorse;
When felt one evil, she forebodes a worse:
And worse that is, when, for some present gain,
We snatch a moment to elude a pain,
That but encreases as its time's deferr'd,
And, with its vengeance, brings its own reward!
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