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A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
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.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.
The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
