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Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
He comes not in my books.
He comes not in my books.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
