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Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
Wode has erys, felde has sigt.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.