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A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
He who injures one man threatens many.
He who injures one man threatens many.
Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.