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The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.