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How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.
The love of money grows as money grows.
The love of money grows as money grows.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
