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O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]