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Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
