"These rugged walls less grievous are to me, Than those bedeck'd with curious arras be T'a guilty conscience; to a wounded heart, A palace cannot palliate that smart: Tho' drunk with pleasure, dull with opiates, Some seem as senseless of their sad estates, Till on their dying-beds conscience awakes. But tho' the righteous be in bonds confin'd, They inwardly sweet satisfaction find."
Mary Mollineux

January 1, 1970