Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.

Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.

The world itself is too small for the covetous.

The world itself is too small for the covetous.

There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.

Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.

Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.

Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.

God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.

God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.

But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!

But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!

Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.

Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.