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Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.