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Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.