But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

Beare with evill, and expect good.

Beare with evill, and expect good.

Such crimes has superstition caused.

Such crimes has superstition caused.

A fool must now and then be right by chance.

A fool must now and then be right by chance.

Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.

Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.