So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.

The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.

'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.