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Thou must chain thy passions down; Well to serve, but ill to sway, Like the fire they must obey. They are good, in subject state, To strengthen, warm, and animate; But if once we let them reign, They sweep with desolating train, ’Till they but leave a hated name, A ruined soul, and blackened fame.
Thou must chain thy passions down; Well to serve, but ill to sway, Like the fire they must obey. They are good, in subject state, To strengthen, warm, and animate; But if once we let them reign, They sweep with desolating train, ’Till they but leave a hated name, A ruined soul, and blackened fame.
Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- Eliza Cook
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- Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 428 · printed citation: Eliza Cook · subject: PASSIONS
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