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Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
Love makes one fitt for any work.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.