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I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.
It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.