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Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.
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.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.
In the world who knowes not to swimme, goes to the bottome.
