Being not too small, too thin, too nigh, too far,
Clear space, and time the form distinct to bring.
J. DAVIES.

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MERCY AND JUSTICE.


Oh who shall show the countenance and gestures
Of Mercy and Justice; which fair sacred sisters,
With equal poise doth ever balance even,
The unchanging projects of the King of heaven.
The one stern of look, the other mild aspecting,
The one pleas'd with tears, the other blood affecting;
The one bears the sword of vengeance unrelenting
The other brings pardon for the true repenting.
J. SYLVESTER

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I know that countenance cannot lie
Whose thoughts are legible in the eye.
M. ROYDON.

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