Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

Power seldome grows old at Court.

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.

Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

Feare, the Bedle of the Law.

Feare, the Bedle of the Law.

Love makes all hard hearts gentle.

Love makes all hard hearts gentle.