A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.

A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.

Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.

Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.

Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.

Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.

He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.

He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.

Who's to look after the keepers?

Who's to look after the keepers?

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.