Maxioms by John Bunyan
Some things are of that nature as to make
One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.
Some things are of that nature as to make
One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.
And behold there was a very stately palace before him, the name
of which was Beautiful.
And behold there was a very stately palace before him, the name
of which was Beautiful.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.