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'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.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Good horses make short miles.
Good horses make short miles.
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
