I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.

Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

Of two evils I have chose the least.

Of two evils I have chose the least.

A little with quiet is the onely dyet.

A little with quiet is the onely dyet.

He assigned it to regions more than tropical.

He assigned it to regions more than tropical.

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.