We take no note of time
But from its loss.

We take no note of time
But from its loss.

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.

You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.

The doctors gave her over--to an ass.

The doctors gave her over--to an ass.

Such a Saint, such an offering.

Such a Saint, such an offering.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.

No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.