It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.

The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.

The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.

The scalded head feares cold water.

The scalded head feares cold water.

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.

And maidens call it--Love in idleness.

And maidens call it--Love in idleness.

Revenge is sweeter than life itself.

Revenge is sweeter than life itself.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.

Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.

The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.

The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.