The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more

The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

Something must be allowed to custom.

Something must be allowed to custom.

With bated breath we offer wicked vows.

With bated breath we offer wicked vows.

Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!

Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.

Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.