Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.

And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.

Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.

Marry a widdow before she leave mourning.

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

See the effect of commercial intercourse.

See the effect of commercial intercourse.

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.