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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
He that will be surety, shall pay.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.
Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
Let him love none and be by none beloved!