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Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
The river past, and God forgotten.
The river past, and God forgotten.
Who's to look after the keepers?
Who's to look after the keepers?
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
To wish to be cured is half way towards cure.
