The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.

You kiss away her tears.

You kiss away her tears.

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.

He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

So honour peereth in the meanest habit.