How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.

(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.

With bated breath we offer wicked vows.

With bated breath we offer wicked vows.

Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.

Cloath thee in war, arme thee in peace.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

All feete tread not in one shoe.

All feete tread not in one shoe.

He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.

He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.

Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]

There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.

There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.