Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.

Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.

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.

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.

The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.

We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more

We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.

All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The read more

All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The better reason.

The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.

The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.