The bounds once overgone that hold men in, They never stay;… - Samuel Daniel

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The bounds once overgone that hold men in,
They never stay; but on from bad to worse.
Wrongs do not leave off there where they begin,
But still beget new mischiefs in their course.

Samuel Daniel

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About Samuel Daniel

Samuel Daniel (1562 – October 14, 1619) was an English poet and historian.

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Alternative Names: Samuel Daniell • Samuel Danyell • Samuel Danyel • Sa. D. • S. D.

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Sweet, silent rhetoric of persuading eyes,
Dumb eloquence, whose power doth move the blood
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My faith shall wax, when thou art in thy waning.
The world shall find this miracle in me,
That fire can burn when all the matter's spent.

Minions too great argue a King too weak.

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