Sir Walter Raleigh

Passions are likened best to floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.

Passions are likened best to floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.

But in vain she did conjure him,
To depart her presence so,
Having a thousand tongues t' read more

But in vain she did conjure him,
To depart her presence so,
Having a thousand tongues t' allure him
And but one to bid him go.
When lips invite,
And eyes delight,
And cheeks as fresh as rose in June,
Persuade delay,--
What boots to say
Forego me now, come to me soon.

No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.

No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.

Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with words is a niggard in deed.

Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with words is a niggard in deed.

No mortal thing can bear so high a price,
But that with mortal thing it may be bought.

No mortal thing can bear so high a price,
But that with mortal thing it may be bought.