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Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
We frolic while 'tis May.
We frolic while 'tis May.