As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius which to Angels look like torment and insanity, I collected some of their Proverbs, thinking that as the sayings used in a nation mark its character, so the Proverbs of Hell show the nature of Infernal wisdom better than any description of buildings or garments.
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I thought Love lived in the hot sunshine,But O, he lives in the moony lightI thought to find Love in the heat of day,But sweet Love is the comforter of night.
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Swedenborg is the Angel sitting at the tomb his writings are the linen clothes folded up.
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For he hears the lambs innocent call.And he hears the ewes tender reply.He is watchful while they are in peace.For they know when their Shepherd is nigh.
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A dog starved at his master's gate predicts the ruin of the state.
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The caterpillar on the leaf Repeats to thee thy mother's grief.
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