'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.

The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.

Thursday come, and the week's gone.

Thursday come, and the week's gone.

We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more

We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.

All that shakes falles not.

All that shakes falles not.

Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.

Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.