But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes
of his understanding.
James Baillie Fraser
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But woman's grief is like a summer storm,
Short as it violent is. 
Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world
But those who slide along the grassy sod,
And... 
Good-morrow to thy sable beak,
And glossy plumage, dark and sleek,
Thy crimson moon and azure ... 
A cause a day keeps reality away. 