Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more

Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.

You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!

You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!

The covetous are always in want.

The covetous are always in want.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

The next way home's the farthest way about.

The next way home's the farthest way about.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]

Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]

An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.

An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.