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.

Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.

Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.

All covet, all lose.

All covet, all lose.

Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more

Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.