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Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the
afflicted, denies it.
Love rules his kingdome without a sword.
Love rules his kingdome without a sword.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
