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 42. Fair Words  THY words are good, and freely given,  As though thou felt them true; Friend, think thee well, to hell or heaven  A serious heart is due.  It pains thee sore, man's will should swerve  In his true path divine; And yet thou ventur'st nought to serve  Thy neighbour's weal nor thine.  Beware! such words may once be said,  Where shame and fear unite; But, spoken twice, they mark instead  A sin against the light.  Gibraltar .  December 17, 1832.