How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

How the devil is it that fresh features
Have such a charm for us poor human creatures?

A new broome sweepeth cleane.

A new broome sweepeth cleane.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.

In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.

It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.

It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

A bitter drug oft brings relief.

A bitter drug oft brings relief.