What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?

What sweeter gift from nature has fallen to the lot of man than
his children?

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.

Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is read more

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

Ty it well, and let it goe.

Ty it well, and let it goe.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.

Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.