The arrow will not always find the mark intended.

The arrow will not always find the mark intended.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.

What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.

What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.

And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.

A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.

A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.

Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.