Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!

Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!

Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.

He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

The question is yet before the court.

The question is yet before the court.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.

As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.