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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
He that contemplates hath a day without night.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
Here's metal more attractive.
Here's metal more attractive.
That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
