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The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared read more
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared to die.
The deafe gaines the injury.
The deafe gaines the injury.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
Good newes may bee told at any time, but ill in the morning.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]