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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
