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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Every mile is two in winter.
Every mile is two in winter.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.