O these degenerate days!

O these degenerate days!

Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.

Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.

He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.

He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.