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THE ROBBER.
Good laws do terrify the evil mind;
The laws of Love do pacify and bind;—
The Robber trembles, when to rob inclin'd;
The lover feels, when lover is unkind.
The laws of Love do pacify and bind;—
The Robber trembles, when to rob inclin'd;
The lover feels, when lover is unkind.
The villain steals, and coward-like would kill;
The man of Treachery will do his will;—
But man of Honor will his word fulfil,
And Love, be Love, and Lover, Lover still.
The man of Treachery will do his will;—
But man of Honor will his word fulfil,
And Love, be Love, and Lover, Lover still.
Art thou a Robber of a lady's heart?
Go, give thine own, an honest counterpart;
Or laws of Love will make thy conscience smart,
And thou a Robber, at this Robber start.
Go, give thine own, an honest counterpart;
Or laws of Love will make thy conscience smart,
And thou a Robber, at this Robber start.
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