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Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Sop to Cerebus.
If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
Far from gay cities and the ways of men.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.