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Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
He that will be served must bee patient.
He that will be served must bee patient.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.