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Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
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.
Every animal loves itself.
Every animal loves itself.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
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Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
To him that ever fears he shall be poor.
