He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.

He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.

He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

You harp perpetually on the same string.

May everything he treads upon become a rose!

May everything he treads upon become a rose!

A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.

Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.