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Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
Could penetrate read more
But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
Could penetrate her uncompassionate sire.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
There is a good deal in a man's mode of eating.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
A Marchant that gaines not, looseth.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.