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While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to
the exciting influence of the grape.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
