Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.

Know, prudent cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.

He says anything that first comes into his mouth.

He says anything that first comes into his mouth.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.

And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.

They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.

One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.

Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.

Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.