In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.

Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.

The Mr. absent, and the house dead.

The Mr. absent, and the house dead.

He that riseth first, is first drest.

He that riseth first, is first drest.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.

Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.