Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.

To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!

To live with them is far less sweet,
Than to remember thee!

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.

Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.

That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.

That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

None saies his Garner is full.

None saies his Garner is full.