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Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.