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When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.