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Words which are things, — hopes which will not deceive,

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 2007
For you can never have me, love, it's useless to deceive,

Borderlands 1982
That, ere the snake's, her sweet tongue could deceive,

The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum
That, ere the snake's, her sweet tongue could deceive,

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
A jay will lie, a jay will steal, a jay will deceive,

A Tramp Abroad — Volume 01 Mark Twain 1872
Words which are things, hopes which will not deceive,

Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English Teresa Guiccioli 1836
Words which are things, -- hopes which will not deceive,

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
Words which are things, -- hopes which will not deceive,

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
She spurns their wily plea, and loudly raves. — Traitors, avaunt! — ye can no more deceive,

Evening. An Elegy. Written on reading the melancholy Separation of the Dauphin from the Queen of France 1793
His arms he stretch'd; his arms the touch deceive,

The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1716