Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Dally not with mony or women.

Dally not with mony or women.

Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.

Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.

For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more

For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.

Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.

Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.

If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.

If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

Let him love none and be by none beloved!