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The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
Folly growes without watering.
Folly growes without watering.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
