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He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
A small heart hath small desires.
A small heart hath small desires.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
A trade is better then service.
A trade is better then service.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
No man can serve two masters.
No man can serve two masters.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
