This division of labour will lessen the task.

This division of labour will lessen the task.

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

To a good spender God is the Treasurer.

We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.

We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.

The spirits run riot in youth.

The spirits run riot in youth.

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.