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Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew
She sparkled, was exhal'd, and went to heaven.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.
He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.