Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Of a new Prince, new bondage.

Of a new Prince, new bondage.

A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.

A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).

Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).

The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.

Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.

Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?

Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?