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'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.