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The goddess was discovered by her gait.
The goddess was discovered by her gait.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.
