What is the matter with Kansas?

What is the matter with Kansas?

Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.

Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.

In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.

In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.

They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.

They kindly leave us, but not quite alone,
But in good company, the gout or stone.

The cholerick man never wants woe.

The cholerick man never wants woe.

We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.

We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.

Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.

Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.

Never was anything so inconsistent.

Never was anything so inconsistent.