Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?

Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?

It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more

It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.

Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.

Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.

Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.

Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.