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My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
What you would not have done to yourselves, never do unto others.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
