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The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.
The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
