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Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
A new broome sweepeth cleane.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.