What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

Fine words dresse ill deedes.

Fine words dresse ill deedes.

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.

He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.

He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.

Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.

Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more

By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.

That which will not be spun, let it not come betweene the spindle
and the distaffe.