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Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
All our sweetest hours fly fastest.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.