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Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Whistle, and she'll come to you.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.