Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.

I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.

They will swear black is white.

They will swear black is white.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

All griefes with bread are lesse.

All griefes with bread are lesse.

Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.

Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.

Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!

Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!

He assigned it to regions more than tropical.

He assigned it to regions more than tropical.