The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.

He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.

He that hath the spice, may season as he list.

He that hath the spice, may season as he list.

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.