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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.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most read more
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most sweet robe of durance?
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.