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Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
