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A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
