Maxioms by John Taylor "the Water Poet"
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
