Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.

When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.

One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.

When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.

When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.

God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.

God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.