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Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.
He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen
inches.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
Who hath no head, needes no heart.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
