Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

No hair so small but hath his shadow.

No hair so small but hath his shadow.

To him that will, waies are not wanting.

To him that will, waies are not wanting.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.

Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.

He did not care a button for it.

He did not care a button for it.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.