Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

His golden locks time hath to silver turned.

His golden locks time hath to silver turned.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

Avoid delays: procrastination always does harm.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.

And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.

Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.

Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

You may be on land, yet not in a garden.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.