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O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the read more
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.]