No one can have all he desires.

No one can have all he desires.

Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.

Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.

It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.

It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

Beare with evill, and expect good.

Beare with evill, and expect good.

Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]

Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]

He did not care a button for it.

He did not care a button for it.