What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.

One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.

The shadow of a mighty name.

The shadow of a mighty name.

By that sin fell the angels.

By that sin fell the angels.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.

We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.