Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.

Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.

Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?

What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.