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Evening words are not like to morning.
Evening words are not like to morning.
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
