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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
Much matter decocted into few words.
Much matter decocted into few words.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.