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Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little read more
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled read more
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!
God's in His Heaven--
All's right with the world!