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Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.