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Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
But shepherds know
How hot the mid-day sun shall glow
From the mist of morning sky.
But shepherds know
How hot the mid-day sun shall glow
From the mist of morning sky.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.
When the mischief is done the door is shut.