Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.

Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.

Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.

All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.

He that lives most dies most.

He that lives most dies most.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.