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Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
Anything for a quiet life.
Anything for a quiet life.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled read more
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.