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My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
That wife is an enemy to her husband who is given in marriage
against her will.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.
Famed
For every branch of every science known.