The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.

The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.

'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.

'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.

The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.

The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes.

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.

He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.

He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.