Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true,- A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew.
Remorse begets reform.
Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where.