I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]

I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.

A smiling face is half the meal.

A smiling face is half the meal.

Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.

Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.

Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!

Drink boys, drink boys,
Drive away your sorrow!

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.