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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
The death of a young wolfe doth never come too soon.
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.
At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.
At length the Fox is brought to the Furrier.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.