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Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.