Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

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.

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.

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.

I give not gold for mere expectations.

I give not gold for mere expectations.

A healer of others, himself diseased.

A healer of others, himself diseased.

That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.

That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.

Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.