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No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
