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But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.