You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.

You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.

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!

Chaos of thought and passion all confused.

Chaos of thought and passion all confused.

A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.

A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.

To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth
the having.

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.

Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.