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Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Nothing is achieved without toil.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.
He that is surprized with the first frost feeles it all the
winter after.