Though old and wise, yet still advise.

Though old and wise, yet still advise.

At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more

At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.

'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.

'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.

Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!

Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

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

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