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Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
Every madman considers everyone else a madman.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.