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This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.
His eyes
Were with his heart. and that was far away.