Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Wee know not who lives or dies.

Wee know not who lives or dies.

Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell
to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst read more

Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell
to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.

One swallow does not make spring.

One swallow does not make spring.

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.

The plant often removed cannot thrive.

The plant often removed cannot thrive.

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more

Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because read more

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.