The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

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.

In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.

Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.