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Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
This victory will be your I ruin.
This victory will be your I ruin.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.