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.

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