As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

He enters the port with a full sail.

He enters the port with a full sail.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.

Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.

The question is yet before the court.

The question is yet before the court.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.

He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.