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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Know all and you will pardon all.
Know all and you will pardon all.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
