How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!

Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.

Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.

Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?

Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

A gentle houswife marres the houshold.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.

Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.