Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more

Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.

France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.

A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.

A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.

By many indignities we come to dignities.

By many indignities we come to dignities.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.