While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more

While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.

He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more

He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.

He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.

He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.

Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.

The body is more drest then the soule.

The body is more drest then the soule.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.

He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.

He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.