To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

Nothing can come of nothing.

Nothing can come of nothing.

The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.

The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.

Craft against craft makes no living.

Craft against craft makes no living.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.

When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.

When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.

The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.

The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.

Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.