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Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of read more
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss
I carried from thee dear; and my true lip
Hath virgined it e'er since.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
