Virtue alone is happiness below.

Virtue alone is happiness below.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.

And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.

And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.

Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.

That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.

Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.

Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.

God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.