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A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
Give me the ocular proof.
Give me the ocular proof.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.