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Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find read more
Then happy those, beloved of heaven,
To whom the mingled cup is given;
Whose lenient sorrow find relief,
Whose joys are chastened by their grief.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.