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Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.
Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.