The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.

For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.

The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.