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Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.